Ripple Africa Fund
Company: Ripple VC
Asset Type: Finance
The Ripple Africa Fund is a conglomerate of entrepreneurs and startups across the African continent.
Overview
The Ripple Africa Fund is investing in companies using science and advanced technology to solve trillion dollar problems. Ripple VC backs entrepreneurs and startups across the African continent.
There is an immediate pipeline of opportunities to invest in some of the brightest startups in Africa, including:
Essentials
Ripple’s sourcing funnel accesses ~25% of seed deals done in Africa and filters the top 1%, including:
Ripple also has a global network of experts bringing operational, scientific, and technical insight.
Top 3 ways Ripple VC helps companies and makes their own luck on returns
- Focus energies on helping with corporate partnerships and Fortune 500 relationships
- Worked closely with Indicina, a digital lending platform, to secure a $50,000 contract with a Nigerian national bank to broaden access to credit for un(der)banked customers
- Coach Founders to leverage the best of Silicon Valley success model
- Happy customers, high retention rate, unit economics of 2:1 and growing, clear path to $1M-$2M in ARR and profitability in 12-18 months
- Bring global network of investors for future funding rounds
- Acuity Ventures, DCVC, FMO, Flotilla Asset Management, All Raise, Fort Ross Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, EchoVC, R31 Capital, and many more
Ripple VC’s differentiated niche positioning, with a focus on deep tech and leading seed rounds, complements Africa-focused seed VCs and encourages them to co-invest alongside Ripple VC. Other Africa-focused seed VCs prefer to write smaller checks during seed rounds and prefer to access deep tech deals through co-investing.
Africa’s dynamic and fast-growing tech sector continues to break new records:
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